CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio has so many exceptional high school students, and Advance Ohio, which includes cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, wants to celebrate them with the 2023 High School Standouts Awards.
The program is accepting nominations through Sunday, March 5 and will recognize Northeast Ohio high school students, bands, teachers, teams and coaches in 17 different categories. The High School Standouts honorees will be chosen by a panel of judges and celebrated at the awards ceremony on Thursday, June 8.
Nominating a standout is simple. Just choose a category in the ballot, which can be found here, make your nomination and fill in the requested fields.
How it works
Any high school student, teacher or coach in Northeast Ohio can participate. To nominate, go here. The deadline is Feb. 26, 2023.
The following are required for the submission process :
- Brief description of what the individual has done or is doing to become a standout in their category (no more than 200 words)
- Nominee details (full name, high school, city, postal code, current year in school)
- Nominee’s legal guardian details (full name, phone number, email address)
- Nominator’s details (full name)
A voting board comprised of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer editorial, sports and marketing staff members will review nominations.
There will be 17 award categories to choose from, and the winners of each category will be announced live at the event. Winners will also be recognized in a special section in The Plain Dealer and on cleveland.com.
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